Fox Arabia HD | |
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Launched | 24 January 2006 |
Owned by | Fox Networks Group |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
Language |
Arabic English |
Broadcast area |
Middle East North Africa |
Headquarters | Abu Dhabi (UAE) |
Formerly called |
Fox Series (2008-2011) |
Sister channel(s) | Fox Movies |
Website | http://foxhd.foxarabia.tv/default.aspx |
Availability
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Satellite | |
beIN | Channel 78 (HD) |
Fox Arabia HD (formerly Fox Series or Fox Middle East) is a Middle East version of the American Fox Channel. It launched in 2006. The channel was relaunched as Fox on March 1, 2011. Fox is jointly owned by Fox International Channels Middle East.
The channel began broadcasting as a Middle Eastern version of SKY TV in 2006. In 2008 the channel was renamed as FOX Series, and in 2011 on-screen as simply FOX. The channel continues to broadcast from cable and satellite.
On 4 November 2015, the channel became broadcast only HD, and became encrypted instead of free, broadcast on the beIN network.